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The B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is set to open smoking rooms designed for supervised drug use at its Hope to Health clinic in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) held a ceremony in Victoria, B.C. on Wednesday to publicly acknowledge the "unacceptable health disparities" experienced by Indigenous people due to the legacy of colonialism, residential schools and systemic racism in Canada.

Ontario's Minister of Sport Neil Lumsden said Wednesday he intends to one day donate his brain for concussion research, while announcing new funding for a provincewide study on traumatic brain injuries.

"The racism and discrimination that Indigenous patients and health-care providers face is deplorable," said CMA president Dr. Joss Reimer.

Halifax is paying tribute to Dr. Alfred Waddell, who dedicated his life to helping people who did not have access to medical care — while fighting racial injustice — by naming a street in his honour.

Multiple RSV vaccines for adults are rolling out in the months ahead, along with two monoclonal antibody shots to provide protection for infants. How you access the various shots will depend on where you live, with some provinces covering certain options and not others.

Jennifer Brady of Halifax has applied for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) following years of trying to access care not available in Nova Scotia. Her case has several doctors fighting on her behalf, but the province has refused to help by denying her requests and fighting her in court.

Health Canada authorized Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday to roll out in fall and winter immunization campaigns.

As New Brunswick hospitals continue to struggle to find beds for patients, a group of professionals in the province say they could be playing a much larger role in preventing illness and improving mobility. 

Over a year and a half after two Vancouver Island emergency rooms halted overnight service, they remain closed at night with no concrete reopening plan due to a shortage of nurses. 

Ontario is proposing to further expand pharmacists' scope of practice by adding to the list of minor ailments they can assess, allowing them to administer more vaccines and order some lab tests.

DeMar DeRozan never expected he would spark a discussion about depression, but with a single tweet, he created a ripple effect that would change the conversation around mental health in pro sports.

A year-and-a-half-long study on Chartwatch, an artificial intelligence system in use at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, shows the tool led to a striking 26 per cent drop in the number of unexpected deaths.

The B.C. government has announced it will expand involuntary care for those with mental health and addictions issues, and will open "highly secure" facilities to house people detained under the Mental Health Act throughout the province.

Through food, the four-person health-care team embedded at Adanac Apartments in Scarborough has built trust with the community and diverted trips to the emergency room.

As our world heats up, endocrinologists and researchers say there's still a lot to learn about how female bodies deal with extreme heat, especially in life-changing times like perimenopause or pregnancy. 

Doctors call iron deficiency a largely hidden problem that often goes undiagnosed. Now there's a move to raise the bar on on what a "normal" level of iron is to catch and treat iron deficiency earlier.

A new report from a team of anthropologists argues that monkey bars exercise a biological need passed down from apes that may be critical to childhood development. And the authors say well-intentioned efforts to mitigate their risk may, in fact, be harming kids.

British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare agreement with the federal government that would help the province fund hormone replacement therapy and diabetes expenses.

Ottawa Public Health says a resident who died in August of brain inflammation had the eastern equine encephalitis virus, a mosquito-borne disease that's rarely spread to humans.